Victims of Crime and the Victimization Process

by McShane (Editor)

Overview

Volume 6 in the 6-volume series titled Criminal Justice: Contemporary Literature in Theory and Practice. This compilation of articles attempts to fill gaps in existing resources with some of the best current statements on the topic. Subjects include the characteristics of victims, the effects of crime on victims, and some contemporary theories of victimization. Also included are evaluations of a variety of victim-oriented policies and programs, such as victim assistance, peace-making, and victim-impact statements. This title will be of great utility to students, scholars, and others with interests in the literature of criminal justice and criminology.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138878518
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/23/2015
Series:	Criminal Justice: Contemporary Literature in Theory and Practice
Pages:	392
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Marilyn McShane, Frank P. Williams III California State University-San Bernardino

Table of Contents

Series Introduction, Volume Introduction, Fighting Fire with Fire: The Effects of Victim Resistance in Intimate Versus Stranger Perpetrated Assaults Against Females, Determining Police Response to Domestic Violence Victims: The Role of Victim Preference, The Effects of Victim Impact Statements on Sentencing Decisions: A Test in an Urban Setting, Juvenile Victimization and Delinquency, From Crime Policy to Victim Policy: The Need for a Fundamental Policy Change, The Psychological Adjustment of Recent Crime Victims in the Criminal Justice System, The Hate Crime Statistics Act of 1990, Ecological and Behavioral Influences on Property Victimization at Home: Implications for Opportunity Theory, A Portrait of Crime Victims Who Fight Back, United States Crime Victim Assistance: History, Organization and Evaluation, A Critique of the Concept of Victim in Traditional Victimology, Understanding Theories of Criminal Victimization, Psychological Distress Following Criminal Victimization in the General Population: Cross-Sectional, Longitudinal, and Prospective Analyses, Advice to Crime Victims: Effects of Crime, Victim, and Advisor Factors, Long-Term Consequences of Victimization by White-Collar Crime, Cross-Site Analysis of Victim-Offender Mediation in Four States, New Wine and Old Wineskins: Four Challenges of Restorative Justice, Acknowledgments